John Lewis’ latest Christmas ad cost £7million to make. Turns out it could have been much cheaper.

A family of foxes have been filmed bouncing on a makeshift trampoline in a wildlife lover’s garden, in what looks like a real-life version of the John Lewis Christmas ad.

Dora Nightingale from Worthing, Sussex, filmed the foxes playing in her garden and said she would have let the retailer use the video for a £1,000 charity donation instead of the £7million it cost them to make their CGI ad.

‘The CGI in the ad is very good – they look just like the foxes in my garden,’ Dora said.

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‘They love to bounce on my sun lounger for hours on end. I didn’t realise they could jump so high.’

The foxes have been playing in Dora’s garden since they were cubs, with the animal lover being able to watch them grow.

In the video the foxes are seen jumping up and down on a sun lounger.

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‘I’ve got a real-life John Lewis advert in my back garden. They could have saved themselves £7million,’ said Dora.

‘It shows these animals as the beautiful creatures they are and that’s the biggest magic of all.

(Picture: Mercury Press)

‘I hope it highlights that they are not vermin, they are intelligent, cute and cuddly. Things like this go on in gardens all the time. You wouldn’t need CGI.’

Foxes are known to have a high springing jump which they use to help surprise pray when the ground is covered in snow.

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It’s a trait that has been seen numerous times in various documentaries and also in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 award.